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+/*
+Package neko/models implements behavior for the entities necessary for the subscription services and handles persistence via a mysql/maridb database
+*/
+package models
+
+import (
+    "database/sql"
+	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+    "log"
+)
+
+var DB *sql.DB
+
+func InitDB(dataSourceName string) {
+    var err error
+    DB, err = sql.Open("mysql", dataSourceName)
+    if err != nil {
+        log.Panic(err)
+    }
+
+    if err = DB.Ping(); err != nil {
+        log.Panic(err)
+    }
+}